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Time to order your organic basket
The family farmers in our community supported agriculture (CSA) network are taking orders for the summer season of deliveries. 
Actualité - 8 April 2013 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Contests, Drop-off points, Organic baskets, Summer basket
Meet François Tanguay, organic farming advocate
Authenticity in every basket, that's how idée BIO! magazine describes the work of family farmer François Tanguay, co-owner of Les Jardins du petit tremble in the Montérégie. Find out how this product of a suburban childhood became a proponent of organic agriculture. According to the article, some of the credit for François's love of nature must go to his father, who kept a...
Actualité - 5 February 2013 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets
Family farmer writes organic farming guide for newbies and pros
Family farmer Jean-Martin Fortier, whose Eastern Townships microfarm, Les jardins de la Grelinette à St-Armand, owned with partner Maude-Hélène, has been hailed, at home and abroad, as a model of its form, has written a guide, based on his decade of experience, for aspiring organic farmers, both amateur and professional alike. The book, Le jardinier-maraîcher, Manuel d'...
Actualité - 3 September 2012 - Tag : Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets, Small scale farming
Vernissage, "Virée agricole" photo exhibit, Montreal
You're invited to the vernisssage of "Virée agricole," a photo exhibit by Léonie Rouette Tétrault, as it begins its tour of Quebec. The exhibit – which stars one of the family farms in our community supported agriculture (CSA) network, Les Bontés de la Vallée – gives a rare insider view of what it's really like to work on a small organic farm in Quebec....
Événement - 23 May 2012 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Équiterre Activities, Organic baskets, Photo exhibit
"Virée agricole" photo exhibit, Montreal
You're invited to the first showing of "Virée agricole," a photo exhibit by Léonie Rouette Tétreault, as it begins its tour of Quebec. This exhibit – which stars one of the family farms in our community supported agriculture (CSA) network, Les Bontés de la Vallée – gives a rare insider view of what it's really like to work on a small organic farm in...
Événement - 23 May 2012 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Équiterre Activities, Organic baskets, Photo exhibit
Horticultural days, Saint-Rémi
For the 16th year in a row, producers are invited to Journées horticoles, two days of the latest in horticultural information, featuring speakers from Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario and the United States. The program includes talks on:
Événement - 22 November 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Ecological horticulture, Farm holidays, Food sovereignty, Organic baskets, Partners Activities, Short food supply chains
Thank you for supporting local food!
Fifteen years ago, 250 Montreal families banded together with seven local farms to launch what has since become North America's largest community supported agriculture (CSA) network. This October, we asked you to celebrate with us. And celebrate you did! One hundred and thirty of you joined us at the Centre for Sustainable Development for a day of family fun. It was a chance...
Actualité - 9 November 2011 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Book launch, Community supported agriculture, Laure Waridel, Local food, Organic baskets
Our family farmer program celebrates its 15th anniversary!
In 1995, Equiterre launched a pilot project involving one farm, Cadet-Roussel, and about 50 Montreal families, who agreed to pay in advance for a share of the harvest. The next year, when we officially launched the network, it included 7 farms and about 250 families.
Actualité - 27 September 2011 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Laure Waridel, Local agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets
Cast your online vote for sustainable agriculture – and help this young farmer realize his dreams
If you want local food to be more accessible... If you want tax credits for people who belong to a community supported agriculture (CSA) program... If you want to facilitate access to land for the next generation of farmers, here is your chance to be heard. Sign the "concerned citizen, concerned eater" manifesto before September 12, when public consultations for...
Actualité - 30 August 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Agricultural policy, Become a family farmer, Organic baskets, Sustainable agriculture
The future of agriculture: the consumer has a role to play, sure, but it's up to the government to lead the way
Quebecers have been waiting since 2008's Provonost report for the agri-food policy green paper, which was finally tabled yesterday. Although the paper does make some encouraging proposals, including: cross-compliance, i.e., attachment of environmental conditions to government support policies developing Quebec's environmental and agricultural assets it disappoints in...
Actualité - 8 June 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Food sovereignty, Organic baskets
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